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		827a 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Interstellar Object 3I/Atlas Passed Mars Last Nigh... In fact, we already have; that's why there's a 3 in its name.

grues-dinner 4 months ago [–]

The other two didn't make a planetary close pass. As we see more of them, the statistical strangeness of the third one getting so close to Mars will fade. (Or, I suppose, they keep doing it and then we really will have a puzzle on our hands!)

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